We're back with another Half-Life Beyond dev log! time again for us to give another overview of what's been added or changed
We've got working save slots in, in addition to rebuilding save system from the ground up to be faster, more modular, and allow for forward compatibility, the great thing about this is it allows us to add things without making saves incompatible anymore, however this means old saves will not work with the new version so make sure to delete your old saves in "AppData\Local\HLBeyond\Saved\SaveGames" before using the new save system! Profiles are unaffected as they didn't need to be changed so you can keep those:
Noticed a few players missing the vent opening in the first level so I made small changes there like adding a light stick and a few props for players to jump on and prevent them from falling between the fence and the opening to hopefully better guide them to where they should be going:
Added a background with roads, light poles, cliffs, rocks, cacti...etc to the first area of the first level to make it look like it actually takes place in the middle of a desert:
Made various changes to the gunplay to make the weapons feel more impactful with things like better shooting feedback, crosshairs, Half-Life 2 style viewmodel movement (can be toggled on/off in options) and more:
And as usual plenty of under the hood improvements, overhauls...etc that not only eliminate many oversights, but also give those on lower end hardware a significant performance boost
Will have more things to share on the third singleplayer level whenever enough progress is made for it, that's all for this dev log. See you next time!
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